The latest Windows 10 update may erase installed digital certificates

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Seconds Microsoft publishes on your portal the latest update of Windows 10 has a bug detected that may cause digital certificates to be deleted that are installed in the Windows store itself.

The affected versions are:

  • Client: Windows 10, version 20H2; Windows 10, version 2004; Windows 10, version 1909; Windows 10, version 1903
  • Server: Windows Server, version 20H2; Windows Server, version 2004; Windows Server, version 1909; Windows Server, version 1903

The link also indicates that devices that use Windows Update for Business or connect directly to Windows Updat for update management will not be affected by this issue.

Microsoft is working on resolving this error, in the meantime keep this issue in mind before performing this installation.

In case you have already installed it and lost the digital certificates you can recover them by going back to an earlier version following these steps

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